Other Works

A Mind Forever Voyaging: A History of Storytelling in Video Games (2012)

A Mind Forever Voyaging is a full-length book that examines the development of video games a storytelling medium by taking a close look at thirteen landmark titles. The book was initially written and 2010 and finally edited & published in 2012. You can find a more detailed synopsis on the book’s Amazon page.

Digital copies of the book are freely available to download and share. You can download it in PDF, epub, and mobi formats.

Nightmare Mode (2011-2013)

Nightmare Mode was a games website founded in 2010 by Tom Auxier, Fernando Cordeiro, and Patricia Hernandez. I joined in the summer of 2011, and after finding its sea legs, the site gained a focus on critical games writing & new games journalism. Its lifespan was brief and glorious; it gained notice within the alt-games-sphere in late 2011, and became outright successful in 2012, before collapsing from internal drama and staff redirecting their focus on paid work. After some final publications in early 2013, the site abruptly went offline. You can find an easily browseable backup (sadly, without any of the pictures) at http://nightmaremode.thegamerstrust.com/.

While some of it skirts juvenalia, I remain proud of the work I did there, and am honored to have shared space with so many talented writers and thinkers. I have linked my articles from the Wayback Machine (when available) and otherwise to the imageless versions at the Nightmare Mode archive.